Archive for the ‘holidays’ Category

• Catch up on Recent Events

  Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

  I’ve taken inspiration from the latest Star Trek - Enterprise (and the letters that Dr Flox dictates) and decided on catching you all up on recent events in rough date order.
  Semester 2 (Mar-June 2009)
  The semester ended fairly smoothly. We ditched previous ideas of our curriculum and were inspired by getting our army of kids translating […]

• Our Experience of KL in a Nutshell

  Saturday, February 7th, 2009

  KL is lovely, no really, it’s our kinda place. The weather is pleasant, even if it’s raining… the people are (mostly) smiling, always friendly and ever so polite, and the food… to die for. We survived the trip in from the airport on Air Asia’s bus and monorail to our hotel. Despite the monorail becoming […]

• The Autumn Tiger Ran Off

  Saturday, September 27th, 2008

  Check out that temperature drop! Almost 10 degrees in one day! The Chinese call the overly hot Autumn weather the Autumn tiger.. well, he just ran off with his tail between his legs. One day 33, next day 24. Jackets and longs are on the students already.
  In other news of B&B, we have had recent […]

• The Holiday That Was

  Thursday, August 21st, 2008

  Firstly the folks (B’s) came to China for a visit. They went on a Yangtze cruise then ventured our way. We optimistically headed to Hangzhou and Ningbo for a holiday and looksie. The day we hit Hangzhou topped at 36 Celcius! We sweltered to say the least. We went for a few walks and saw […]

• Tyler’s Winter Travels and Lack of Water

  Friday, April 11th, 2008

  I headed to Nanjing with my friend Nate to meet up with Alex, a buddy of his attending classes at Nanjing University. The weather was horrendous, and the few sites we saw were incredibly depressing (the Massacre museum being at the top of that list). What started as a two day trip quickly degredated into […]